"Sing us a Song, You're the Piano Man..." - music inspired card

Hello lovelies!!

I thought i would put up a post about a card that i have just finished making, it's a bespoke card for a customer who wanted a 18th birthday card that had something to do with music. the young lady it is for has achieved grade 8 on the piano so I thought that was a pretty good place to start. 

I used a 12.5x12.5 card and replaced a 5cm strip from the bottom of the card with acetate.

I then cut some black card into 1x3cm strips and some white card into 1.5x5cm strips. these pieces are going to form the piano keys. using some tiny clear gems I created the number 18 on one of the white strips.

I used the acetate for the backing of the piano as the white keys would have been lost stuck to white card and I didn't like the harsh look of the white keys on black paper.  by sticking the keys onto the acetate it meant I could add patterned paper on the inside of the card and add that bit of dimension and interest. the white keys are stuck with double sided tape to the acetate. I don't like the look of craft glue through the acetate so I prefer using the tape, I think it looks alot neater. I stuck the black keys on using foam pads to add some height.

I found a lovely digital stamp background of some music that was perfect for this card. (I have no idea what site it was from - sorry!)  I resized it in Word and stuck it to my card. a few touches here and there, the black strip above the keys and a gem on the sentiment and that's the card done!!

because this card is for an 18th birthday I decided to box it rather than put it in a standard envolope. I love putting cards with matching envolopes/boxes. I think it just adds that something special and finishes the card of perfectly.  this in mind, I used the same digi backing stamp and again, resized it in word to the size of the box lid. I tried to put the box lid through the printer but unfortunately it was too thick so I printed it on paper and then stuck the paper to the lid.

I lined the inside of the box base with a long strip of tissue paper layered over a piece of ribbon  so the card could be wrapped and tied in place.

I finished the whole thing off by adding a name card and another piece of the ribbon that I used inside the box. the ribbon is tied in such a way that it can be removed without undoing it (so that you can write your message in the card without worrying about recreating the bow when your done :)

I think it is beautiful, I couldn't be more pleased at how it turned out. It's a unisex card too - would be great for a male or female!

well peeps... now i have done the card  i think im off to bed. my eyes are aching from working in what feels like a dark cave!!! think a daylight lamp is deffo going on the christmas list this year :)

night all, speak soon.

xxx